Re: Help finding a Content Management/Document Management Solution

[Megan Golding <mgolding -at- secureworks -dot- com>]

On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 10:35, Andrew Deutsch wrote: 
> Can anyone out there recommend a Content Management/Document Management
> Solution?

:)   <-- see that? that's me grinning, cause I just love this topic!

> These documents are in Office 2000 (Word,
> Excel, Powerpoint) Acrobat PDF and Visio graphic formats. Most of the
> documents will remain as they are for use as reference documentation.
> Others will need to be actively updated by ourselves or subcontractors.

Check out Wiki. Here's a pretty good list of the options available:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines

Now, Wiki requires a little explanation:

1. Wiki is a system, not a specific tool. A Wiki is software that runs
on a web server and allows many people to edit web pages without knowing
HTML. http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/WhatIsATWikiGoodFor

2. For ppl accustomed to working in Word and other proprietary apps, I
suggest 'attaching' their docs to a Wiki page.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/FileAttachment

I haven't seen a non-free Wiki yet. Most are GPL-ed (released under the
GNU Public License, the defacto open source software license).

By the way, you can tell your CVS-happy developers that TWiki, the
flavor of Wiki I use, uses RCS for revision control and versioning. That
ought to make them happy :)

I wrote an article about using a Wiki in a corporate environment:
http://docs.linux.com/documentation/02/09/18/1449248.shtml?tid=38

Meg
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